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Syria: Pillay says El Houleh killings may amount to international crimes

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27 May 2012

عربي GENEVA (27 May 2012) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Sunday that the “indiscriminate and possibly deliberate” killing of villagers in the El Houleh area of Homs in...

Guinea Bissau: Pillay urges new transitional authorities and military to respect human rights

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25 May 2012

HARARE (25 May 2012) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on took note that on 22 May the Military Command in Guinea Bissau handed over power to a transitional civilian government...

Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference during her mission to Zimbabwe

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25 May 2012

Harare, 25 May 2012 “Good morning and thank you for coming – and I wish you a Happy Africa Day. This is the first ever visit to Zimbabwe by any High Commissioner for Human Rights. I thank the the...

CERD/C/MAR/CO/17-18/ADD.1: Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Morocco

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Concluding observations

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24 May 2012

Congolese migrants suffer dire abuses in Angola

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24 May 2012

Beaten, raped, robbed and humiliated, thousands of Congolese migrants leave Angola with nothing but shattered dreams.

Committee against Torture discusses follow-up to concluding observations and individual communications

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24 May 2012

24 May 2012 The Committee against Torture this morning considered the issue of follow-up to concluding observations and individual communications, hearing oral presentations by Committee members...

Committee on the Rights of the Child to hold sixtieth session in Geneva from 29 May to 15 June 2012

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24 May 2012

BACKGROUND RELEASE 24 May 2012 Situation of Children’s Rights in Cyprus, Viet Nam, Turkey, Nepal, Australia, Greece and Algeria to be Reviewed The Committee on the Rights of the Child will meet at the...

Speech by Ms Navi Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rightsat the University of Zimbabwe

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24 May 2012

Harare, 24 May 2012 Distinguished Participants, Dear Students, Ladies and Gentlemen I am very pleased to address you today at the University of Zimbabwe. I would like to express my appreciation to the...

Message of support by Ms. Navi Pillay
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the
Inaugural Summit of GlobalPOWER Women Network Africa

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24 May 2012

Accelerating Action for Women Empowerment and Gender Equality in the area of HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Harare, 24 May 2012 His Excellency President Mugabe Right Honourable...

Prakash Mohara from Nepal: campaigning against caste-based discrimination

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23 May 2012

Prakash Mohara plans to use the knowledge and experience he gained from the UN Human Rights Office Minorities Fellowship Programme in his campaign to ensure justice and equal rights for members of the Dalit community in his home country of Nepal.